Posts by blindnomore

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A thread for those who have no support system or a place to go due to shunning.

by ohiocowboy in

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reading the recent thread about the young lady who just ended her life got me thinking that maybe there could be a thread that is easily accessible to anyone who may need help due to homelessness from losing their families and friends to shunning.

too often i hear stories about people who have lost everything, and have no where to go, and at the same time having no type of support system.

unfortunately there are some who are so lost that they feel that there are no options besides taking their own life.. i think that a website that matches people in need to others who can help in some way would be a great idea.

blindnomore

This may seem ridiculous but I never realized that as a young person

(many many moons ago) that I had any rights at all! As a 15 yr old kid

I struggled to find a place to live & a job ... oh I could go on .....

the sad part is, that it wasn't my responsibility ..there was help & I didn't know it!

Appropriate housing, food, clothing, emotional and mental support, basic education(that is 12 grade) are some rights of children(age 17 and 12 month-1 day, other words a day before 18) that are lawfully guaranteed to be provided by parents. Your parents should had been arrested for child abuse. The Child Protective Service would love to go after such illresponsible and abusive parents. Sorry clarity

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A thread for those who have no support system or a place to go due to shunning.

by ohiocowboy in

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reading the recent thread about the young lady who just ended her life got me thinking that maybe there could be a thread that is easily accessible to anyone who may need help due to homelessness from losing their families and friends to shunning.

too often i hear stories about people who have lost everything, and have no where to go, and at the same time having no type of support system.

unfortunately there are some who are so lost that they feel that there are no options besides taking their own life.. i think that a website that matches people in need to others who can help in some way would be a great idea.

blindnomore

This may seem ridiculous but I never realized that as a young person

(many many moons ago) that I had any rights at all! As a 15 yr old kid

I struggled to find a place to live & a job ... oh I could go on .....

the sad part is, that it wasn't my responsibility ..there was help & I didn't know it!

Appropriate housing, food, clothing, emotional and mental support, basic education(that is 12 grade) are some rights of children(age 17 and 12 month-1 day, other words a day before 18) that are lawfully granteed to be provided by parents. Your parents should had been arrested for child abuse. The Child Protective Service would love to go after such illresponsible and abusive parents. Sorry clarity

(sorry, double post)

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Oral Argument Yesterday in Conti v. Watchtower

by DNCall in

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the court's order should appear on the alameda county superior court website within the next couple of days.

this is regarding the watchtower's post-trial motion for jnov/new trial.

stay tuned..

blindnomore

marking

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A thread for those who have no support system or a place to go due to shunning.

by ohiocowboy in

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friends

reading the recent thread about the young lady who just ended her life got me thinking that maybe there could be a thread that is easily accessible to anyone who may need help due to homelessness from losing their families and friends to shunning.

too often i hear stories about people who have lost everything, and have no where to go, and at the same time having no type of support system.

unfortunately there are some who are so lost that they feel that there are no options besides taking their own life.. i think that a website that matches people in need to others who can help in some way would be a great idea.

blindnomore

How nice of you, Ohiocowboy!

I likewise offered my home in another thread for those who are in a dire need of shelter. We have an extra room. We are in the Eastern part of the US. If you are 17 and under, please contact the Child Protective Service in your area for an immediate assistance or contact me or Ohiocowboy(I don't believe we can take an under age in. We can be charged as a kidnapper).

Thank you for starting the thread. I am not a computer savvy either but I am here.

Thetis, I never unsterstood how witnesses kicking their children out without arranging an any alternative arangement. When my disfellowshipped 20 year old step-daughter showed up middle of night as a homless(she was living another state when she got df'ed), we took her in without a question and helped her until she can be on her own feet again. Of course, both my husband and I got restricted from the congregation for that but hey, that was the last thing we concered. Keeping your position and priviliage are more important that denying natural affection...it's only happening in an extreme cult.

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Are JCs a Nice Form of a "Breaking Session"?

by LostGeneration in

in doing some research a few years back, i came across the use of "breaking session" as something used to control cult members by leadership.

initially, i dismissed this a something smaller, more extreme cults use - and dismissed it as a technique used by the jw org.

here are a few descriptions of the process from http://changingminds.org/techniques/conversion/breaking_sessions.htm.

blindnomore

values and even being fundamentally bad and shameful.

This process may well be done by a number of people. The more people and the higher up in the group they are, the more effective this method becomes. Few people can ignore accusations flying at them from all angles and especially from people they have grown to love and respect.

identity, in order to effectively destroy their personality and makes them flee from who they are. Thus this method is literally a way of character assassination.

LG, I am an eye witness of the above statements. The Judicial Committee was using this exact methods to a 14 year -old. The Judicial Committee even thretened to marking me if I would tell other witnesses especially mothers of their inhumane methods of "Breaking Session" to a 14 year old kid. Of course, I wasn't going to go along with their monstrous action. I wrote a big fat letter to the JC and let them know that they were nothing but monstrous interrogators. At the end I got DF'ed as well in order to cover up their crime of child abuse.

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Yesterday was my Son's 21st Birthday

by 00DAD in

yesterday was my oldest son's 21st birthday.

as many of you know, i've been disfellowshipped for over 3 years now.

in the spring of this year i did write to the local boe and request my disfellowshipping be rescinded.

blindnomore

I am sorry 00DAD. I have a daughter the same as your son. I can't imagine being in your situation.

Are you looking into getting reinstated in order to have relationship with your children? You know there's way. Are you aware of that?

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Letter from my mother

by Las Malvinas son Argentinas in

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i've been officially disowned.

translated from the original:.

"my daughter,.

blindnomore

Emillie, Does anyone throwing you a baby shower? If you register a baby gift registry at Amazon.com(although I am not sure if Amazon would deliver out of Country), I would love to check it out.

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My 14yr. old daughter started "early college" this week

by Indian Larry in

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i finally found one good thing about growing up a witness and not getting to go to college.

because neither my wife nor myself ever went past high school that makes our daughter eligible for a program sponsored by the bill and melinda gates foundation.

she is 14. in 4 years from now when she should be graduating high school she will have two years of college under her belt, at no cost to me.

blindnomore

Oh, that's wonderful! You are a proud daddy.

My eldest took "early college" course when she was 15. She earned an Associate Degree while still in High School. She graduated with BS degree at age 20. All of this at no cost except for the text book. She is graduating with Master Degree in Psychology at 22. She has all kinds of prospect upon her graduation.

I wish more JWN members and lurkers would take advantage of the program.

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The Myths of Disfellowshipping

by Londo111 in

jj allowed me to send him an article for jwstruggle.

i know this might not be everyone's cup of tea on jwn, and i hope this doesn't smack of self-promotion, which i find distasteful, but i hope it might bring comfort to some who have found themselves the victims of judicial committees.

http://www.jwstruggle.com/2012/08/the-myths-of-disfellowshipping/.

blindnomore

Thank you for posting the article. It's nicely written and encouraging.

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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 08-12-2012 WT Study (SHORTLY)

by blondie in

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http://exjehovahswitnessforum.yuku.com.

http://www.jwsupportforum.com/index.php.

http://www.jehovahswitnessrecovery.com/.

blindnomore

Yep! No more The King of the North and The King of the South jazz.(at least for the moment).

The Watchtower conductor where I attended compared this Study artical to a "College education."

Thanks blondie.